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Of the Btftorie of Plants, 
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2 The common Corne-fioure hath Jeaues fpred vpon the ground, of a whitifhgreene colour 
fomcwhat hacktor cut in the edges like thofe of Come Scabious : among which rifethvpa ftalke 
diuided into diners fraall branches, whereon do grow long leaues ofanouerworne grecne colour 
with few cursor noneat all. The fioures grow at the top of the ftalkes, ofa blew colour,confifti n ^ 
of many fmall fioures fet in a fcaly or chaffie head like thofe of the Knapweeds : the feed is 
fmootb, bright (h ining, and wrapped in a woolly or flocky matter. Theroot is fmalland finale 
and pcriChcth when it hath perfeded his feed. & 5 
? This Bottle is like the laft deferibed in each refpe<ft , failing in the colour of the fioures. 
which are purple, wherein confifteth thedifference. 
4 The fourth Bottle is alfo like the precedent, not differing in any point but in the fioures- 
for as the laft before mentioned arc of a purple colour, contrariwife thefe are of a milke white co- 
lour, which fetteth forth the difference. 
5 The Violet coloured Bottle or Corne-fioure is like the precedent, in ftnlkes, leaues feeds 
and roots: the oncly difference is, that this bringeth fioures of a violet colour and the’ others 
not fo. 
6 1 Variable Corne-fioure is fo like the others in ftalks, leaues, and proportion, that it cannot be 
diftinguifhed with words ; onely the fioures hereof are of two colours mixed to°-ether that is 
puvpleandwhite,whereinitdifferethfromthereft. & ’ 5 
7 There is no difference to be found in the leaues, ftalkes, feed, or rootes of this Corne- 
fioure from the other, but onely that the fioures hereof are of a faire blew colour and verv 
double. 7 7 
3 The eighth Corne-fioure is likevnto the precedent, without any difference at all fiuiino- 
m the colour of the fioures, the which are of a bright purple colour, that fetteth forth the dififet 
rence. 
t ? This from a fmall root fends vp diners creeping branches fomefoot long, fet with Iona; 
hoary narrow leaues: at the tops of the ftalkes fknd the fioures in fcaly heads, like as the other 
Blew-Bottles but ofadatke purple colour. The whole plant is very bitter and vngratefull to the 
tatte. Lobcl calls tins Cyanas repens. • 
io This is like the laft deferibed, but that the leaues are much fmaller or narrower,' alfo the 
fcaly heads of this are ofa finer white filuer colour : and this plant is not poffeffed with fuch bit- 
ternelle as the former. Lobel calls this Cyanus minimus repens . ^ 
«[ The Place. 
The firft groweth in my garden, and in the gardens of Herbarifts,but not wilde that I know of 
The others grow in come fields among wheat, Rie, Barley, and other graine : it is fowne in aar* 
dens vvhich by cunning to looking doth oft times become of other colours,and fome alfo double 
pdlier in France 6 “ their feilera11 defcri P tio ns. t The two laft grow wilde about Mont- 
•Jf The Time. 
They bring forth their fioures from the beginning of May vnto the- end ofWueft. ' 
The Names. : l 
The old Herbanfts called it Cyamsflos, of the blew colourwhich it naturally hath: moft of the 
later fort following the common Germane name, call it Flosfiumentorum - for the Germans name 
it CojttbUlinen S m low-Dutch, (Eton blocmcn : in French, BUutkjsA Bluet : in Italian, A hr cam. 
pc b ladtfcus i Seru bladt and Battifecula, or Baptifecula, as though it (hould be called Blapti - 
Jccttla, becaufe it hmdereth and annoyeth the Reapers, by dulling and turning the ed^es of their 
Sickle TS r / C ° rne ' Sf U 15 fV BIe ' v - BottIe ’ Ble w-Blow, Corne-fioure^ hurt- 
iickie. t Fabtxs Columna would haue tt to be the Papa, ter ftumeumjo r Herackum of the Antients. % 
T he T empe rat ure and Venues . 
The faculties of thefe fioures are not yet diffidently knowne. Sith there is no vfe of tU - 
phyficke, we will leaub the reft that might be faid to a further confidemSowitU^din” 
feme haue thought the common Blew-Bottle to be of temperature fomethine cold , I f S 
good again ft the inflammation of the eyes, as fome thinke. S coId ; «d therefore 
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